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Article ID: 208344 - Last Review: April 9, 2003 - Revision: 1.2
ACC2000: Form Control Is Not Transparent When It Gets Focus
This article was previously published under Q208344
Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user
computers.
When you set the
BackStyle property of a form control to Transparent, the control's
background color is visible when the control has the focus.
You can display a transparent background at all times by
setting the
BackColor property of the control equal to the
BackColor property of the form section in which it resides.
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
CAUTION: If you follow the steps in this example, you modify the sample
database Northwind.mdb. You may want to back up the Northwind.mdb file and
follow these steps on a copy of the database.
- Open the sample database Northwind.mdb.
- Open the Employees form in Design view.
- On the View menu, click Properties.
- Click the Last Name text box, and set its BackStyle property to Transparent.
- On the View menu, click Form View. Note that the background color of the Last Name control matches
the background color of the detail section on the form.
- Click the Last Name control so that it has the focus. Note
that the background color changes to white.
- Click another control on the form to move the focus away
from the Last Name control. Note that the background color of the Last Name
control changes to match the background color of the detail section on the
form.
- On the View menu, click Design View.
- Click the Last Name control and set its BackColor property to -2147483633, which is the same as the BackColor property setting for the detail section on the form.
- On the View menu, click Form. Click in and out of the Last Name control and note that the
background color remains the same, whether or not the control has the
focus.
For
more information about the BackColor property, click
Microsoft Access Help on the
Help menu, type
BackColor Property in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click
Search to view the topic.
For
more information about setting the background style of a form control, click
Microsoft Access Help on the
Help menu, type
BackStyle property in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click
Search to view the topic.
For more information
about how this relates to Windows system colors, click
Microsoft Access
Help on the
Help menu, type
Set color
properties to Microsoft Windows system colors in forms and reports
in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click
Search to view the topic.
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